SC - feast catapults

[Sue Clemenger]

I've been at several feasts (Artemisia and Atenveldt), where the same thing has
been done.  Can be _loads_ of fun if the feast is slow....
- --Maire (hmm, it's been a while, maybe....;-)

Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> hey all from Anne-Marie
>
> here in an tir we do the "civilized food fight".
>
> food is passed to the victim, usually on a small tasteful plate brought
> just for the purpose with either ahnd written note, or the bearer (a page
> or sargent or other server) passes along the message..."your grace, this
> grape has just been lobbed at you and has impaled itself on your coronet.
> Shall i wait for a reply?"
>
> it is traditional for that grape (or bread wad, or whatever) to be
> augmented in some way, and either returned with similar description, or
> lobbed to someone else.
>
> I still remember the bread wad snowman that we made "anatomically correct"
> (and not flatteringly so...it was supposed to be her excellencies' ex
> husband, after all!), and the lovely norse longboat we made, that a certain
> duke augmented by creating a giant squid out of green beans to attack the
> bow....
>
> I cant imagine anyoen actually hurling food at a feast here. I know of a
> brace of peers who would stop that right away! ANYTHING being flung has the
> potential of hamring someone or something, not to mention lacking the grace
> and dignity of a "civilized food fight"....
>
> (but then I'm notoriously stuffy! )
>
> --AM, who thinks catapults are a great way to play with stuff, but would
> make the diners build their own out of popsicle sticks and rubber bands,
> then take them to a designated area and have contests for distance and
> accuracy.
>
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